novaks47
Yeah!
Yes you read correctly, I didn't so much hit a deer as the deer hit me! Well, ok, I guess you can call it 50/50. lol
I just left home for work, and was less than a mile from home, at 6:20AM. I was cruising through the sweepers at about 45mph. Suddenly, in my peripheral vision, I see a small deer head inches away from me, on my right side. No time to react, I knew I was boned. I straightened up, and maintained throttle. THUD!! The little buggers head(i think, it happened fast), smashes me in my foot and ankle, smacks some part of the FZ, and I'm guessing tumbles away. I kept the moto upright, and gently pulled it over. I say gently, because I had no idea if anything was damaged or not, and didn't want to drop it. I check my mirrors, and the little b*****d is nowhere to be seen. There was a car behind me, and he stopped, and asked if I was ok. I was! The deer hit just right, so that I sustained no damage. According to the driver, the deer ran off. Too bad. lol I wish the dude had a camera going, that would've been neat to see from that perspective.
The shin guards in my Alpinestars A-10's did their job! It did hit my ankle and foot at 45mph after all. There's some deer hair still lodged in the fabric, and a small chunk of deer hair on my passenger peg, which I have pics of, which I'll post tonight when I get home from work. The only damage the FZ received, is a bent rear brake lever. I'll be replacing that ASAP. It works fine, it's just a little off is all.
Anyways, that's my tale of the week! I still have trouble believing that it happened. It all happened in an instant! But, at least I didn't go down and/or get hurt. Just goes to show you, you can only prepare for so much, sometimes things are just unavoidable!
I just left home for work, and was less than a mile from home, at 6:20AM. I was cruising through the sweepers at about 45mph. Suddenly, in my peripheral vision, I see a small deer head inches away from me, on my right side. No time to react, I knew I was boned. I straightened up, and maintained throttle. THUD!! The little buggers head(i think, it happened fast), smashes me in my foot and ankle, smacks some part of the FZ, and I'm guessing tumbles away. I kept the moto upright, and gently pulled it over. I say gently, because I had no idea if anything was damaged or not, and didn't want to drop it. I check my mirrors, and the little b*****d is nowhere to be seen. There was a car behind me, and he stopped, and asked if I was ok. I was! The deer hit just right, so that I sustained no damage. According to the driver, the deer ran off. Too bad. lol I wish the dude had a camera going, that would've been neat to see from that perspective.
The shin guards in my Alpinestars A-10's did their job! It did hit my ankle and foot at 45mph after all. There's some deer hair still lodged in the fabric, and a small chunk of deer hair on my passenger peg, which I have pics of, which I'll post tonight when I get home from work. The only damage the FZ received, is a bent rear brake lever. I'll be replacing that ASAP. It works fine, it's just a little off is all.
Anyways, that's my tale of the week! I still have trouble believing that it happened. It all happened in an instant! But, at least I didn't go down and/or get hurt. Just goes to show you, you can only prepare for so much, sometimes things are just unavoidable!
